Horse

• Stallion - mature male horse; if the stallion is used for breeding purposes, the term studhorse is preferred
• Mare - mature female horse; broodmare is the term for the female horse used for breeding purposes
• Colt - young male horse usually up to 3 years old
• Filly - young female horse usually up to 3 years old
• Foal - young horse of either sex below one year of age
• Gelding - horse which was castrated while young
• Yield Mare or Dry Mare - one which has not produced any young during the breeding season
• Ridgling - stallion with only one testis or none in its scrotum
• Equitition - horsemanship, the art of riding on horseback